电影《七十二家房客》轰动一时，著名粤剧演员文觉非在电影里扮演的大反派“太子炳”深入民心，其余的经典角色如“三六九”等也脍炙人口，里面的一些台词更成为广东地区的流行俗语。而周星驰也在他的作品《功夫》里对《七十二家房客》的主场景和主要角色进行了艺术加工，向这部经典影片致敬。 新改编的《七十二家房客》主要讲述解放前40年代里广州西关一栋三层楼的大杂院里，“包租公”太子炳、“包租婆”八姑和七十多家房客交织所发生的许多妙趣横生、让人忍俊不禁又发人深省的故事。
米田正子（松岛菜菜子 饰）是一名在东京国税局资料调查课任职的精英调查官，她创立了新的“复杂国税事案处理室”，专门处理连主部门都难以着手的棘手逃税案件。她招募了一群能力卓越却性格独特、不求升迁的成员，共同对付各类恶意隐匿收入的逃税者。新部门成员各有怪癖，但在米田的带领下，他们运用超强的信息搜集能力与调查技巧，将一个又一个狡猾的逃税分子逼入绝境。剧情以爽快的正邪对决为主轴，展现税务调查官如何凭专业与坚持维护社会公平，让努力纳税的人得到应有的正义。
As Leo's replacement Thomas Chamberlain arrives Nikki investigates the murders of Rachel Freedman, shot in the head, and her little autistic son Nathan, who was poisoned. Nikki rejects policewoman Anne Burchett's theory that Rachel killed them both but is perturbed when an impostor, claiming to be Rachel's sister, visits the morgue. At the same time the disfigured corpse of Eva Liron is discovered, killed with the same poison as Nathan. She had been the nanny to French hot shot footballer Isaac Dreyfus and was planning to blackmail him over a sex tape of them both. Jewish Isaac is a controversial figure due to his anti-Muslim sentiments but he denies ant part in the murders. Then another victim, Isaac's agent Mousa, is discovered dead.
